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constructor

American  
[kuhn-struhk-ter] / kənˈstrʌk tər /
Or constructer

noun

  • constructors
    plural
  1. a person or thing that builds.

  2. a person or company engaged in the construction business.

  3. a person who devises crossword puzzles.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of constructor

First recorded in 1610–20; construct + -or 2


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But feeding the Barbary macaques is "not a great idea, because you can hurt them, because you give them anything", added the constructor designer.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

The chief constructor tells me his firm built a fancy new zoo and redesigned a central park before the invasion.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2024

The Leclerc finish helped Ferrari cut its deficit to Mercedes to four points for second in the constructor championship heading into next week’s finale at Abu Dhabi.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

The Leclerc finish helped Ferrari cut its deficit to Mercedes to four points for second in the constructor championship headed into next week’s finale at Abu Dhabi.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023

For the first great virtue of Turgenef's art is his matchless sense of form, as of a builder, a constructor, an architect.

From Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy by Ivan Panin

Not for constructors like India-born Mangesh Ghogre, who came to the U.S. on an H-1B visa to make puzzles and who cleverly works Indian themes into his grids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

Haas is ranked last among the 10 teams in the constructors standings, while Hulkenberg is 16th and Magnussen is 19th in the driver standings.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

Max Verstappen won the driver championship with six races remaining on the schedule, and Red Bull locked up the constructors title even earlier.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

He is a deserved third in the drivers' championship and his Aston Martin team second in the constructors'.

From BBC ● May 7, 2023

The copyists were being weeded out and competent aeronautical constructors financed by adequate means began operations on systematic business lines.

From Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 by Various

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